The price of free speech: why Elon Musk’s $44bn vision for Twitter could fall apart

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The price of free speech: why Elon Musk’s $44bn vision for Twitter could fall apart
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The controversial billionaire may find that buying the platform exposes him to a whole new world of legal problems

The deal, which is backed by the board but must be approved by shareholders, has also raised concerns about one person controlling such a major platform. Twitter is significant even though the majority of its 217 million daily users get their news elsewhere. In Europe only 9% of people use Twitter for news, rising to 12% in North America, 14% in the UK and 35% in Africa, according to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University.

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